
Lou’s is located at 414 East Main Street in Norristown, open Monday through Saturday at 5:30am and Sundays at 7:00am. They’re also in talks with the Phillies about adding zeps to the menu at Citizens Bank Park in time for the 2012 season. Shipping costs more than the sandwich, but when you just have to have one…or a hundred…the service is available.
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They’ve shipped enough that the staff knows how to pack the sandwiches to ensure freshness with overnight delivery.

But occasionally, Alba has been asked to do the unusual.Ī few years back, a former Norristown resident asked him to ship a hundred zeps to his Super Bowl party in Tampa. Wikipedia, of course, has a very useful definition: 'A club sandwich, also called a clubhouse sandwich, is a sandwich with toasted bread. Most zeps are eaten on the premises or bagged up to go. What Is a Club Sandwich, Exactly by Rachel Leah Blumenthal blumie Jul 18, 2013, 11:10am EDT.
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You can get a cheese steak, many other sandwiches including clubs, plus chili, soups, salads and breakfast. They also make hoagies with multiple meats, lettuce, tomato and the like. Most zeps are made on a whole or half long Italian roll, but Lou’s also has a version on a round roll to accommodate smaller appetites.

But most customers…many of whom have been coming for more than 50 years…still choose the original. Today, Lou’s offers the traditional zep, plus turkey, beef, ham, tuna, steak, hamburger, and chicken salad versions. Historically, there was a tuna version or a cheese-only variety served on Fridays back in the days when the Roman Catholic Church banned eating meat. The fresh bread is layered with not-too-sharp provolone cheese, cooked salami, tomatoes, onions, and olive oil. Third-generation owner Lou Alba told us his zeps are made on custom rolls produced just for his shop at a bakery in neighboring Conshohocken. The term 'submarine sandwich' comes from a sub's appearance. They’ve been in business for 70 years now. The official definition of the word 'sandwich,' according to the Oxford Dictionary, is: 'Two slices of bread enclosing a filling (meat, cheese, fish, etc.).' Subs fall into this category of food. We visited Lou’s, a sandwich shop that’s almost as old as the zep.

It defines a sandwich made according to precise rules. It’s short for zeppelin, the lighter-than-air craft that plied the skies about 80 years ago. But Norristown historically looks to the skies, not the water, and their signature long Italian sandwich is called a Zep. In Philly, it’s usually a hoagie and lots of places call it a sub…short for submarine. It’s a hero in New York, and some places in Central Pennsylvania just call it an Italian sandwich. 8, 2011 (WPVI) - In New England, a long Italian sandwich is called a grinder.
